Architects and Chefs Team Up To Build Fairytale Gingerbread Castles in Seattle

At the 2012 Sheraton Seattle Gingerbread Village you'll find incredible confectionary castles created for everyone from Aladdin to the Snow Queen, Belle and the Beast, Alice and even Ariel. Benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Northwest Chapter, the 20th Annual competition paired local Seattle architects with chefs to create magical, edible worlds based on the theme Once Upon A Time. Although we strongly recommend that one refrain from ingesting the sugar-overload-inducing creations, the fairytale gingerbread village will be on display at the Sheraton Seattle through January 1st in the hotel's lobby.

For the last 20 years, the Sheraton Seattle has been hosting the annual gingerbread village contest. Top Seattle architects and chefs join forces to create fantastical and edible worlds all with the goal of raising money for the local JDRF chapter. This year’s theme was Once Upon a Time and 6 fairytale themed castles were built, all equally amazing and intricately decorated. Architect/Chef teams completed their edible creations back in November and were exhibited to the public in the hotel lobby in downtown Seattle starting on November 20th and will be up until January 1st, 2013.